Windows server 2003 and Windows XP/Vista – How to create invisible folder

Posted by aidas | Posted in Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP | Posted on 16-05-2009

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All we know how to create hidden folder by going into folder properties and applying “hidden” attribute. This post show another way how to create invisible folder in your Windows powered system. To do it right click mouse in desired location (desktop for example) and choose New>Folder. Hold ALT and type 255 as name. Release ALT button. OK now we have unnamed folder.

To make it invisible right click on it and choose properties. Open “Customize” tab and select “Change Icon…” . Select this icon type from list:

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Click OK and then click “Apply”. Hm… where is it?

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Windows server 2003 and Windows XP – How to control remote command line

Posted by aidas | Posted in Command line, Tools, Windows 2003, Windows XP | Posted on 16-05-2009

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This post will show you how to get control of remote command line using psexec . Psexec is part of “pstools” written by Mark Russinovich and can be downloaded here . Lets say we want to connect to server named “testserver” and get control of its command line. To do it open command line on your Windows server 2003 and type:

psexec \\testserver cmd


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